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OH WHAT A NIGHT! COME OUT AND ENJOY AN EVENING OF EDUCATION, ENRICHMENT AND REFRESHMENT, HONORING ALL MASTER MASONS. Master Mason Night Featuring Special Guest Speaker R. W. (Aubrey) Les Moore: "District Deputy Grand Master at Large" Prince Hall, State of New York ..

Professor Ann Travers offers a rare look into the lives of transgender children in their groundbreaking new study THE TRANS GENERATION. Travers spent five years interviewing trans and gender non-conforming children between the ages 4 and 20 who come from diverse economic and ..

How can we as parents teach our children to reap the benefits of living in a digital world while protecting them from dangers like the threats of cyberbullying; the pervasiveness of video game violence and pornography; the dangers of sexting and inappropriate social media us ..

Free! As the first African American (and the first woman) to lead the Planned Parenthood Federation of America since Margaret Sanger founded the organization, Faye Wattleton has played a crucial role in defining our national debate over sex education, contraception, and abor ..

The “New Deal” promised to lift Americans out of the Great Depression through an expansive federal public works program that offered a grand vision of what government could be. Recent scholarship offers new considerations of this period and illuminates New York City’s pivota ..

Defense attorney Ronald Kuby and former prisoner, now paralegal Shabaka Shakur discuss Shakur’s wrongful murder conviction and 27-year imprisonment – and interrogate a flawed justice system. Only in New York is a new conversation series in which New York Times journalist ..

New York City’s groundbreaking 1916 Zoning Resolution inspired major cities around the world to create their own zoning codes. One hundred years later, what can New York learn from the approaches that other cities have taken to zoning? Some municipalities, like Philadelphia ..

Zoning can be understood as the language of the physical city, but its complexity is often seen as a roadblock to public participation in planning and development. As Jane Jacobs famously stated, “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody only because, ..

This half-day conference on the ACA will look back over the past 6 years since the law’s enactment and priorities moving forward for future changes. Event Speakers Include: James C. Capretta, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Chris Jennings, Founder and ..

On October 18, 2016, the U.S. Chamber and U.S. Chamber Foundation will host the 5th Annual Health Care Summit: HEALTH FORWARD – a future-looking platform where we’ll examine the future of health care and the people, ideas, and innovations that are leading the way. This ..

The National Israeli-American Conference is the foremost annual gathering of the Israeli-American community. Conference participants join us for an inspired, engaging three-day journey that delves into the most critical issues facing the Israeli-American and Jewish communiti ..

Today, the field of studio furniture is changing rapidly to embrace digital technologies and marketplaces. The pressure to keep up with these advances can prevent artists and makers from reflecting on what this means for the craft. Presented jointly by the Smithsonian Americ ..

The doors will open at 6 pm. Please note that seating is first come, first served. New Yorkers go through hundreds of millions of plastic shopping bags, coffee cups, take-out clamshells, soda straws, and other single-use items every day – all in the name of convenience. ..